That Time my Channel Almost Got ACQUIRED - WAN Show February 26, 2021
The WAN Show
Linus Tech Tips
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🗓️ 1 March 2021
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
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Timestamps (Courtesy of Asa)
0:00 - Topics Introduced
2:10 - Intro
2:20 - Linus wants new intros (kind of)
4:00 - some LMG history as told by Linus
6:24 - Linus meets a company intrested in buying LMG
10:10 - Linus looks for old emails about the potential merger
13:00 - Linus decides he doesn't want to take the offer
15:52 - Linus likes the Spiffing Brit
16:44 - Main Topic 1: Biden & Semiconductors
20:51 - Nvidia is not your friend (and LMG is a corporation)
23:44 - Linus does the funny crying thing (press 3 on the keyboard)
26:15 - Nvidia's 3080 nerfs aren't effective
28:25 - c:/chat_is_hacking
30:53 - Nvidia says the 3080 ''cannot be hacked'
35:04 - Luke talks about Hardware Unboxed email
37:48 - Valve nevermind, sponsors!
42:16 - Luke's bird, Scoop, makes an appearance
45:43 - Main Topic 2: Apple v. Epic feat. Valve
50:46 - New LTTStore Shirt! (designed by Sarah) & Linus is making a solid gold controller
55:22 - Bling vs. Functionality
59:10 - Main Topic 3: "Silver Sparrow" Apple Malware
1:01:08 - Main Topic 4: Fry's Electronics closed
1:05:07 - Main Topic 5: Apple forced to show a "repairability score" in France
1:06:13 - Luke talks about Willow Video & Linus talks about the Basil Leaf
1:12:25 - Linus discusses the Basil Leaf''s closing, opening, and closing again
1:14:00 - Conclusion & Superchats
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, so I walk up to Madison's desk today and she's working on just like the weirdest |
| 0:11.5 | shit. |
| 0:12.5 | Okay, so there's like, there's like someone filming something through a window and then |
| 0:18.2 | she's filming them and like someone else is filming something and she explains it to |
| 0:22.6 | me and I go, okay, weird champ. |
| 0:27.8 | And she's like, are you talking my language now? |
| 0:31.7 | I'm like, see, I'm learning old dog, new trick, welcome to the way I'm showing ladies |
| 0:38.4 | and gentlemen. |
| 0:39.4 | We've got a fantastic show for you guys today. |
| 0:41.7 | We're going to be talking about Apple's M1 Max now vulnerable to at least one virus that |
| 0:48.8 | has native code designed to run on them. |
| 0:52.2 | That's a little oops. |
| 0:54.1 | So the RTX 3060 launch in a massive shock to absolutely no one has been completely destroyed |
| 1:04.0 | by miners and opportunistic scalpers. |
| 1:09.2 | What else we got on the docket today, Mr. left friend, yeah. |
| 1:13.3 | Someone tried to acquire Linus Media Group in the past. |
| 1:17.6 | They did. |
| 1:18.6 | I can't believe it. |
| 1:19.6 | When Linus Media Group was really just just starting a bully. |
| 1:22.8 | It was just Linus. |
| 1:24.5 | There wasn't really much of a media group. |
| 1:26.3 | I mean, Luke was there. |
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